General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
Note:
chief of the Salian Franks, Merovech or Merowig, who rule
d from 448 to
458 and from whom the dynasty's name was derived.
From RootsWeb/Horrocks: King of Franks. Name: Merovius. Gov
erned the Salic Franks. Defeated "Attila the Hun" in 45. Wa
s son or son-in-law of Clodion. Before 430, the Salic Franc
s traverse the Escaut, and settle north of Gand [Gant] an
d also into Courtrai. Their chief, Clodion, takes Cambrai i
n 430. When Clodion died in 448, Merovee would succeed hi
m as chief. Merovee was a Frankish Prince who ruled over th
e Saliennes [thus, this Merovee is King of the Salic Francs
] from 452-458. He was the commander of the Francs in the g
reat Battle of the Catalonic Fields, where he defeated Atti
la the Hun in 451. It is from his name that the kings of th
e First Race derived their name. The Huns had steadily incr
eased their domination from humble beginnings off the Caspi
an sea from Caucase to the Elbe, from Muldavia to Hungary i
n the later part of the Fourth Century. SOURCES: Merovee=Me
rovech, Prince des Francs (Rosamond McKitterick, The Franki
sh kingdom under the Carolingians: 751-987 (Singapore: Long
man Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd, (c) 1983).) (Paul, Nouvea
u Larousse Universel.) (Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Com
moners in ISBN: 0-8063- 1344-7 (1001 North Calvert Street
, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company
, Inc., 1992), Page 216, L ine 303-53.) (Andre Castelot, Hi
stoire de La France, Pages, 176, 200).
Born: before 390, son of Arcadios Claudius Claudianus and E
u doxie, Merovee is presumed to have been at least 15 year
s of age by the time his son Childeric I was born. Marrie
d before 405: She was a concubine. Note - between 451 and 4
58: During his reign the Empress of the Roman Empire, Gall
a Placidia, in 423 governed in the name of her 4-year old s
on, Valentinius III. She put the Gallo-Roman Aetius [who re
ally came from Bulgaria [originally Silistria] in charge o
f maintaining the Roman authority over Gaule. Although he w
as unsuccessful against the Wisigoths, he pushed the Ripari
an Francs beyond the Rhine. In 440, the Riparians would ret
urn and take over Cologne and Treves. In the meantime, th
e Burgundians settle in what would become Bourgogne and i
n Savoie. In 443, they are camped around Worms and Mayenc
e under the command of their King, Gonthier. Died: in 458.
(Research):"Merovius founds the Merovingian Dynasty." Thi
s includes "Germania, Saxony, etc." in addition to France (
beg 447)."
ema p 307 "The first line of kings who ruled the Franks wa
s given the name Merovingian, a term in common use by the f
ourteenth century. The name is derived from the mythical ru
ler MaineROVEUS, who (according to the seventh-century chro
nicler Fredegar) was conceived when the wife of the semi-le
gendary King Clodio encountered a montrous Quinotaur. . . .
"[JamesLinage.GED]
Note:
chief of the Salian Franks, Merovech or Merowig, who rule
d from 448 to
458 and from whom the dynasty's name was derived.